Chapter 143 Death and Life
The chief priest died in battle, and the priests of Tianmen were defeated. Under the leadership of Li Changge and Yao Pei, the Taoist priests invaded the Ise Shrine.
Qi Xuansu did not join in the fun, and let Zhang Yuelu lean on his arms, and simply found a place to sit outside the shrine.
The two of them had enough military exploits, and they no longer cared about these trivial details.
No one would accuse them of being afraid of fighting, but would be grateful to them, thinking that they were being humble.
It can be heard that there is still resistance in the Ise Shrine, but it is just a last-ditch resistance and has nothing to do with the overall situation.
After a while, Zhang Yuelu, who was leaning on Qi Xuansu's arms, opened his eyes: "Is it over?"
Qi Xuansu replied: "Although it is not over, the overall situation has been determined."
Zhang Yuelu said "um" in a low voice.
Qi Xuansu asked softly: "How do you feel?"
"It's okay, just a little sleepy." Zhang Yuelu couldn't hide his tired look, and didn't struggle to get up.
Qi Xuansu said, "Then sleep for a while. I'm here."
Zhang Yuelu disagreed, "This is a battlefield."
Qi Xuansu borrowed an ancient poem: "Don't laugh at me sleeping drunk on the battlefield. How many people have ever returned from the battles in ancient times?"
Zhang Yuelu smiled and said, "In that case, where is my grape wine and luminous cup?"
Qi Xuansu said, "When we go back."
Zhang Yuelu stopped talking and lay in Qi Xuansu's arms, half-closed her eyes and looked up.
Only then did she realize that the place Qi Xuansu chose was very good. There was actually a cherry tree that was spared. It sank into the underground mountain with the shrine. It was spring, and the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, with petals falling from time to time.
The deep mountain was like the deep night. The tips of the stalactites hanging upside down above were dotted with stars, faking a starry night scene. If you ignore the sound of fighting in the Ise Shrine, it is actually a beautiful night cherry blossom scene.
Zhang Yuelu murmured, "The late spring comes once a year, and the flowers in foreign countries and places are fragrant."
Just then, a sword light illuminated the false night and tore a crack.
A mirror flew out from the crack, which was even smaller than an ordinary mirror. During the fall, there were constant streams of flowing light.
This is the "Yata Mirror", the first of the three sacred artifacts of Fenglinzhou. Now it has been beaten back to its original form. Apart from the Yata Mirror, there is no trace of Sanguizi.
In fact, it would take some time for the national teacher to deal with Sanguizi's divine incarnation, but the Taoist spiritual official's attack on Ise Shrine accelerated Sanguizi's defeat. The national teacher did not let Sanguizi's divine incarnation return to the kingdom of God smoothly, but killed it completely. For a long time in the future, the three main gods will have no power to interfere in the human world except for their real bodies.
After a moment, a door opened above Ise Shrine, and the national teacher holding the "Knock on the Heaven Gate" walked out slowly, flying in the air, overlooking the Ise Shrine below.
Wherever the national teacher looked, various formations began to collapse, and the process of the spiritual officials' capture of the Ise Shrine was accelerated.
Finally, the national teacher landed in front of the main gate of the Imperial Shrine. Walking into it, you can see the statue of Himiko, dressed as a member of the royal family, with a sun wheel hanging behind her and holding the "Yata Mirror" in both hands.
At this time, the "Yata Mirror" was dim and there were slight cracks on the mirror surface. It was obviously severely damaged and needed a long period of divine power to restore it to its original state.
The national teacher pointed at the statue.
The statue turned involuntarily, facing the back of the main gate and facing the wall.
Above the East China Sea.
Qingwei Zhenren took the initiative to disperse the "Star Sword Formation", and Tamamonomae also put away the tail behind her, just like an ordinary woman.
A phantom of a fox "ran" from the direction of Ise Daigodazan and finally merged into Tamamonomae's body.
Tamamonomae asked: "Did the Great Master of Taiping Dao take action?"
"It should be." Qingwei Zhenren responded.
Tamamonomae sighed: "It seems that the three noble sons are still defeated, or the failure of the entire Tianmen is inevitable."
Qingwei Zhenren said: "My previous promise is still valid."
Tamamonomae did not answer directly: "The Onmyoji of the Tsuchimikado school was at its peak at that time. Its leader, Tsuchimikado Yasuchika, had never been defeated except for being injured by a heavenly calamity. He led the Onmyoji to suppress Tianmen and Buddhism with his own strength and became a kind of leader. He could even use the three sacred artifacts of Tianmen and the royal family at will. If it was just a one-on-one fight, I might not lose, but Tsuchimikado Yasuchika had many helpers and used one of the three sacred artifacts, the 'Yata Mirror'. I was defeated in the end and one of my souls was taken away by the 'Yata Mirror'. After I escaped from Pingjing, Tianmen still refused to let me go and chased me three times."
Qingwei Zhenren specially studied this record in order to surrender Tamamonomae.
In the first phase, the imperial court of Fenglinzhou sent 130,000 troops to pursue them, using bows and arrows to attack. Tamamonomae used her innate magical powers to raise a hurricane, blowing away the rain of arrows, and raining down fire, burning more than 30,000 people to death. The pursuing troops also called in shield carts, using frost as a barrier to surround Tamamonomae. Tamamonomae shook the third tail and triggered an earthquake, killing 20,000 people in the front army. 70,000 people retreated first, leaving a valley in Nasuno. Tamamonomae shook the fourth and fifth tails, first a meteorite blocked the road, then a flood rose, and only seven people escaped from the 70,000 troops. The first phase of the battle ended.
The second phase was led by Tamamonomae. The court of Fenglinzhou sent another 300,000 troops. The army returned to the vicinity of Nasuno. Just as they had set up camp, the main generals were discussing matters in the camp. A huge thunder struck and killed all the generals. For a time, the army was leaderless. At this time, a lifeless and strange army appeared in the direction of Nasuno. Some people were wet, some were charred, and some were bloody. They were the first pursuit army that died in Nasuno and were turned into an army of undead by Tamamonomae. The army fled in all directions, and many small demon foxes rushed out on the road. In just one night, the army lost more than half, another 150,000 people. Counting the first time, nearly 300,000 people had died.
Fortunately, monks, priests, and onmyojis arrived, purified the undead army, repelled the demon foxes, and the two sides were deadlocked.
In the third phase, another 500,000 people were sent, together with thousands of priests, monks, and onmyojis, to launch a counterattack. Three hundred and sixty monks formed a demon-slaying formation, which turned into three hundred and sixty chains to bind Tamamonomae, and then activated scriptures to form a cage to blockade. Eight hundred Yin-Yang masters opened the barrier together to bless the demon-slaying formation, and the army took the opportunity to attack Tamamonomae. In the end, the army used 200,000 people as sacrifices, and all the demon-slaying people exhausted their lifelong cultivation, activated a Buddhist fairy item, and killed Tamamonomae.
No matter what others think, after reading it, Qingwei Zhenren had only one feeling, outrageous.
In order to kill Tamamonomae, a total of 500,000 people died.
This is like the literati have no concept of the number of people, always talking about it in a big way, saying that there are millions of troops and eight million gods in the sky. In fact, the Taoist sect used less than 100,000 people to fight Fenglinzhou, including various logistics and auxiliary personnel. The actual combat personnel would not exceed 50,000.
Although there are a large number of vassal troops of the Prime Minister Toyotomi in addition to the less than 100,000 people, it is undeniable that even with the wealth of the Dao Sect and the Great Xuan, they cannot mobilize a million troops casually. They can maintain a million troops, but maintaining an army and sending an army to fight are two different concepts. Not to mention the death of 500,000 people, note that it is death, not casualties.
Qingwei Zhenren believes that this story is false based on his own experience.
The key is that this story is self-contradictory. First, it says that Tsuchimikado Yasuchika seriously injured Tamamonomae, and then it says that a million troops were dispatched to conquer Tamamonomae at the cost of 500,000 deaths. So what did Tsuchimikado Yasuchika do?
The specific truth is probably only known by Tamamonomae himself.
Qingwei Zhenren asked: "It is said that in order to kill you, the Fenglinzhou court dispatched a million troops, and in the end, 500,000 people died. Is it true?"
Tamamonomae said: "Historians rarely know military affairs and cannot record the actual deeds. Of course, there was no so-called million troops, only tens of thousands of people plus thousands of priests, Yin Yang masters, and monks, who eventually killed me who was seriously injured."
Qingwei Zhenren asked again: "Because the 'Yata Mirror' imprisoned your soul, you must obey the command of the Ise Shrine. But how did you come back to life?"
Tamamonomae smiled and said: "This should be what the Taoists want to know most."
Qingwei Zhenren did not deny: "The Taoists It can create gods, but it cannot bring people back to life. ”
Tamamonomae said: “Every inch has its own strengths and weaknesses. It is undeniable that Taoism is more powerful than Tianmen, but Tianmen also has areas where Taoism cannot reach. The key lies in Huangquan Kingdom. We all know that Awahara Kingdom is Fenglinzhou, Gaotian Kingdom is the kingdom of the three main gods, and Huangquan Kingdom is an extremely mysterious place. Huangquan Kingdom is certainly not the traditional Nine Yin Netherworld, but a special kingdom of God. The real person has read the legend about me, and should remember this paragraph, saying that I once turned more than 100,000 dead troops into an army of undead. In fact, I did not do this. The supernatural power is actually the priests who used the magic of Huangquan Country to resurrect the warriors I killed. "
Qingwei Zhenren continued: "And you were also resurrected by Huangquan Country after your death."
Tamamonomae said: "After I was resurrected, I barely maintained the status of an immortal, but my strength was greatly reduced. This is also one of the prices of being resurrected. Zhenren has not yet truly achieved immortality, and I am no match for him, let alone a figure like the national teacher. But if I can return to my prime, Zhenren will definitely not be my opponent. "
Qingwei Zhenren did not deny this, and then asked: "Why is Huangquan Country so special?"
"As far as I know, Huangquan Kingdom is the kingdom of the gods left by the first generation of gods. Later, it was taken over by Izanami-no-sama from the second generation of gods. After Izanami-no-sama disappeared, Izanagi-no-sama became the master of Huangquan Kingdom, but Izanagi-no-sama was very afraid of Huangquan Kingdom and sealed Huangquan Kingdom. There are also rumors that the reason why Izanagi-no-sama sealed Huangquan Kingdom was because Izanami-no-sama was resurrected in Huangquan Kingdom. Susanoo-no-sama once wanted to open Huangquan Kingdom, which made Izanami-no-sama very angry. After Sanguizi overthrew Izanagi-no-sama, Tsukiya-no-sama inherited Huangquan Kingdom, but Tsukiya-no-sama rarely went to Huangquan Kingdom and spent most of his time in Gaotian Kingdom. "Tamamonomae said slowly.
Qingwei Zhenren said thoughtfully: "Tsukiya-no-sama doesn't look like the master of Huangquan Kingdom, but rather like the guard of Huangquan Kingdom. "